Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) Hélas
-published in Poems in 1881 (http://www.bartleby.com/br/143.html)
-aesthetic poem
-title is the French word for alas; it was not uncommon for Wilde to give his poems French titles
-explores the theme of decadence (moral or cultural decline due to excessive indulgence) http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wilde/stein.html
ONB
-Irish
Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) poem, “Hélas” was published in 1881 in a book of his of poems titled Poems, which was published at publisher, David Bogue’s, own expense. Poems sold four editions or two hundred and fifty copies (ONB). Many of the poems within Poems are now considered to be social documents, providing commentary on politics, theater, and cosmopolitanism of the time (ONB).
-published in Poems in 1881 (http://www.bartleby.com/br/143.html)
-aesthetic poem
-title is the French word for alas; it was not uncommon for Wilde to give his poems French titles
-explores the theme of decadence (moral or cultural decline due to excessive indulgence)
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wilde/stein.html
ONB
-Irish
Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) poem, “Hélas” was published in 1881 in a book of his of poems titled Poems, which was published at publisher, David Bogue’s, own expense. Poems sold four editions or two hundred and fifty copies (ONB). Many of the poems within Poems are now considered to be social documents, providing commentary on politics, theater, and cosmopolitanism of the time (ONB).